1449
Year 1449 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar.Events
January–December
- January 6 - Constantine XI Palaiologos is crowned Byzantine Emperor at Mistra; he will be the last in a line of rulers, that can be traced to the founding of Rome.
- February - Alexăndrel seizes the throne of Moldavia, with the support of the boyars.
- April 7 - The last Antipope, Felix V, abdicates.
- April 19 - Pope Nicholas V is elected by the Council of Basel.
- April 25 - The Council of Basel dissolves itself.
- May 14 - Second Siege of Sfetigrad : The Albanian garrison surrenders, and the Ottomans seize the fortress.
- May 20 - Battle of Alfarrobeira: King Afonso V of Portugal defeats the forces of Peter, Duke of Coimbra.
- August 13 - First Margrave War: Albrecht III Achilles, Elector of Brandenburg takes Lichtenau Fortress from Nuremberg.
- September 3 - Battle of Tumu Fortress: The Oirat Mongols defeat the Ming Dynasty army, and capture the Zhengtong Emperor of China; the latter is officially deposed, while his brother ascends as the Jingtai Emperor the next year.
- October - Bogdan II of Moldavia enters the country with troops from John Hunyadi, and takes on the throne after Alexăndrel flees.
- October 29 - The French recapture Rouen from the English.
Births
- January 1 - Lorenzo de' Medici, Italian statesman
- January 17 - Osanna of Mantua, Italian Dominican tertiary
- February 7 - Adriana of Nassau-Dillenburg, consort of Count Philip I of Hanau-Münzenberg
- April 27 - Asakura Ujikage, 8th head of the Asakura clan of Japan
- August 10 - Bona of Savoy, Duchess of Savoy
- September 20 - Philipp I, Count of Hanau-Münzenberg, German noble
- October 21 - George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence, brother of Edward IV of England and Richard III of England
- November 11 - Catherine of Poděbrady, Hungarian Queen
- November 14 - Sidonie of Poděbrady, Bohemian princess, duchess consort of Saxony
- December 6 - Dorotea Gonzaga, Italian noble
- date unknown
- * Aldus Manutius, Italian printer
- * Archibald Douglas, 5th Earl of Angus
- *Axayacatl, Aztec ruler of Tenochtitlan
- * Domenico Gagini, Italian sculptor
- * Domenico Ghirlandaio, Italian artist
- * Magnus Hundt, German physician and theologian
- * Margaret of Thuringia, Electress consort of Brandenburg
- probable
- * Ilham Ghali khan of Kazan Khanate,
- * Srimanta Sankardeva, Assamese scholar and religious figure
- * Mandukhai Khatun, Mongolian queen
Deaths
- January 4 - Cecilia of Brandenburg, Duchess of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
- January 21 - Giovanni Berardi, Archbishop of Taranto
- February 2 - Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani, Islamic scholar
- March - Dolce dell'Anguillara, Italian condottiero
- May - Alexander of Islay, Earl of Ross, Lord of the Isles
- May 20
- * Álvaro Vaz de Almada, 1st Count of Avranches
- * Peter, Duke of Coimbra
- August 13 - Louis IV, Elector Palatine
- October 27 - Ulugh Beg, Timurid ruler and astronomer
- October 31 - Elisabeth of Brandenburg, Duchess of Brzeg-Legnica and Cieszyn, German princess
- November 19 - Kunigunde of Sternberg, first spouse of the King George of Podebrady
- December 24 - Walter Bower, Scottish chronicler
